Tech Talk RealAudio Archives May 2001

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David Burd and Dr. Richard Shurtz, President of Stratford University, host Tech Talk, a program about computers and information technology.      Links to selected programs are below. All programs are archived in RealAudio format. Just click on the RealAudio link below the date to listen. Older shows are archives as transcript summaries. You can listen live over the Internet by clicking ListenLive during show time. May 26, 2001 show May 19, 2001 show May 12, 2001 show May 5, 2001 show

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May 26, 2001 RealAudio 0:43hr Not archived top

Future of the Internet Forrester Institute predits the death of the Internet as we know it Calls the current Internet “cold, clammy, and pale” The future is called X Internet Will will move beyond the browser More executable, real time, interactive data to improve online experience and connect to the real world Integrated into many devices in the home Home Internet Alliance (www.internethomealliance.com) Shop online using a Doom game interface that lets them shoot deals they want My Favorite Computer GameSeries Myst, Riven, Exile Fabulous graphics, challenging puzzle Tech Talk has completed all three (without hints) Ordering info Wireless Technology 3G CDMA Microsoft’s TeleDesic Satellite System Stratford Programs Wireless Course Concentration Wireless Masters Degree Starting in September Contact Dr. Fred Ricci, Dean of the Graduate School, for more information Windows XP Features and Problems Many firms are midway through their upgrade to Windows 2000 Part of .NET initiative But the Bundling Continues, including Internet Firewall Integrated media player with CD burning and DVD playback Remote access tools Movie Making, and Photo editing software Broad Band Networking Tools Internet messaging Computer Fungus a Risk to Patients McLaren Regional Medical Center in Michigan Intensive Care Unit Samples from Fan Exhaust Contained Contamination Several types of yeast Filamentous mould Linux Roundup Info courtesy The Duke of URL Website (www.thedukeofurl.org) Linus 2.4 versus 2.2 (worth upgrading if you need the new features) Firewire (IEEE 1394) ATA66, ATA100, IDE Raid PCMCIA and PnP Wireless LAN Beginner Distribution Linux Mandrake 8.0 Intermediate Distributions Red Had Linux SuSE Linus Advanced Distributions Slackware Linux Debian GNU/Linux Microsoft AOL Consider New Alliance Current agreement ended Janunary 1, 2001 AOL will used IE and Microsoft will bundle AOL with its OS AOL currently a multi-browser option in the event talks break down. Click Patterns Can be Used to Track You Keyboard and Mouse Results Men like the tab key and tend to use the scrolling wheel more on a mouse Women move the mouse around more, even if the scroll wheel is available Children make broader mouse motions Results were published by Predictive Networks Inc, a firm that specialized in tracking online behavior. Results will be used to sort out family members so that the right ad can be delivered Clickstream Results (interactive TV) Men click more often than women When with his wife, a man will only change channels during commercial breaks If the wife has control, she will go to a single channel (often with music video) and stay throughout the break Stratford News Next Start at Stratford is May 29 and then July 6th Next Seminar Open House will be June 20 (the Third Wednesday in June)

May 19, 2001 RealAudio 0:43hr Not archived top

Microsoft News Windows 2000 Service Pack is released 200 Bugs Eliminated Requires 440 MB so space (including 250MB of rollback files) During installation a 710MB is used temporarily Turn off anti-virus program during upgrade Fixes included 60 for Security 70 for Directory Services 80 for Network services 12 to Terminal Services Plus many more fixes Automatic upgrade to 128-bit security (from 56-bit) Are Dot-com Execs Damaged Goods? Probably not. Real problem is the weak economy] Real entrepreneurial talent is valued. Some high visibility CEO may suffer more than less senior people New Field to look at is BioInformatic Companies need math and computer skills to crack DNA codes. DNA codes are simply base 4 assembly protein assembly level program Apple News Retail Store To Open Tysons Corner Center on May 19th World Wide Developers Conference opens this week May 21 through 25, 2001 The challenge -- develop applications for MacOS X Telecommunications Act of 1996 Revisited Tauzin-Dingle Bill Supported by Bells Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act, HR1542 Passed House Commerce committee Cannon-Conyers Bill Does not take competitive pressure from Bells Supported by Voices for Choices Associations of Local Telecommunications Services Commericial Internet exchange Competitive Telecommunications Association Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) Both bills address unbundling of local services for the competition and the availability of DSL Linus Torvald’s Grants an Interview Why he created Linux 990 Why he joined Transmeta in 1996 How he made money from Linux What he enjoys doing Wants to be remembered as a “Good Guy” Interesting quote, “I want to become the Greta Garbo of the computer industry.” New Tech Policy Guru Appointed by Bush Venture Capitalist Floyd Kvamme Partner in VC firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Beyer Founded the Bipartisan Tech Lobbying Group TechNet Co-chair of Presidents Advisory Council on Science and Technology Priorities and comments Competitiveness of America Education and Workforce Development Minimal Export controls and Trade Balance In last administration it went from a positive 40B to a negative 400B Privacy—let the marketplace sort it out Copyright laws need to be revisited (aka Napster) Not my expertise Microsoft is a done deal Can see both sides of the Carnivore issue (government listening to Internet traffic) Stratford News Open House very successful.  Next open house will be June 20th   We have classes starting on May 29th Networking Programming Hospitality Wireless Telecommunications

May 12, 2001 RealAudio 0:44hr Not archived top

Virus and Bug Update Homepage Worm is a one day wonder Subject: Homepage Body: Hi! You’ve got to see this page! It’s really cool Attachment: Homepage.HTML.vbs Sends copies of itself Makes randomly selected adult Web site the new home page Homepage Created using VBS Worms Generator Written by K Alamar from Argentina Version 1.5b Used for Anna Kournaikova virus Version 2 just released Better user interface, more payload features Download patches from Microsoft that protect against Version 2 Kit makes 2001 the Year of the Virus. Script kiddies will rule. Beware. Microsoft News Windows Buffers Runneth Over Why Does Microsoft keep making the same mistake? Five buffer overflow security breaches in five months. Memo to Bill Gates, Steve Balmer, or whoever is in charge nowadays: “Go into Microsoft Word and print up a whole bunch of signs that say “Check All Buffer.” Then go around and staple these signs to the cubicle wall, the monitor, or the forehead of all your programmers.”   --- BugNet, May 11, 2001 Microsoft Launches New Licensing Program to Pump Revenues Called Software Assurance, it is really revenue assurance Upgrade now or pay full price later (October 1 deadline) McAfee News DAT update fails without new engine Older version lock up with DAT is updated without new engine. Users Beware Apple News Thanks for the e-mail from David Groover when we did not mention Apples Laptop last week. Apple iBook 500 MHz G3 Processor 4.9 pounds 1024 by 780 screen resolution $1,200 price tag. Latest buzz category Retail Store To Open Tysons Corner Center on May 19th Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act, HR1542 Speed availability of DSL Make it more profitable for the Bells to deploy Passed house Commerce Committee by small margin Death Nell for many DSL providers is very controversial and will be fought by many in the industry. Allows Bells to deploy long-distance data and voice without opening local service to sustainable competition Eliminates requirements that the Bell’s lease their network for high speed access at wholesale prices Hoped to make DSL competitive with Cable Modem which now has a 2 to 1 market share. Lets Talk Spam AT&T caught spamming on the Internet Mail Abuse Prevention System added ATT to its Realtime BlackHole List Quote of the Day We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true."  --Robert Wilensky, University of California Stratford News Open House At Tyson Corner Campus IT Department Seminar with Dr. Richard Shurtz, projected where technology is going in the next five years. Wednesday, May 16th, 6:30PM Dr. Fred Ricci started as Dean of the Graduate Program at Stratford University Dr. Ricci was Dean of EE, Virginia Tech, in Northern Virginia for 12 years He is managing the Masters Programs that Stratford will be starting in September, pending approval by SCHEV He is also putting together corporate training efforts in the area of Wireless Telecommunications. We have classes starting on May 29th in all program areas, both day and night sessions

May 5, 2001 RealAudio 0:42hr Not archived top

Hacker Attacks from China Government web sites and mail servers receive DDOS attacks (from only six sites) Whitehouse (May 4th, 5-8AM and 1-2PM, shut down completely) CIA (May 1st, 10-11AM, reduced to 8% efficiency) Starting April 30 and ending May 7, 2001 Internet worm Lion is being used to install DDOS clients and to send password back to PRC The Anatomy of our Response to the Internet Threat (why it worked so well) Orchestrated by SANS Institute SANS stands for System Administration, Networking, and Security Internet Storm Center Event Summary On March 22, 2001, organizations that had not updated BIND (port 53) were rewarded with a worm called Lion Lion send password files from infected machines to a site in China Lion installed a DDOS zombie on each machine Hundreds of instrusion sensors sent their logs to sites in Cambridge, Atlanta, Reston, and Indianapolis for aggregation A man made electronic storm was sweeping the Internet. Port 53 probes went from 200 per day to 50,000 per day on March 22 for one region. SANS, NIPC, and CERT got their first copy of Lion later that day and went into action. Just 14 hours after the port 53 spike, 200, 000 warning letters were sent advising them how to check for the worm and install BIND patches. A few hours later, UUNET (as directed by the FBI) took off line the address that was collecting the password data. Lion worm event demonstrated that the community acting together can respond to a broad-based malicious attack using real time logs and advisories. Napster Judge Utterly Frustrated US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has strongly endorsed a series of rulings Needs clarification from court to enforce ruling Napster users are too clever with name changes Record companies need to police the naming game Dvorak thinks that Record Industry has it all wrong Another sharing technology BearShare.com doubled in size during March Digital Signature Program TRM to the Rescue of Napster From Washington Post, May 3th, 2001, Style (Section C) Sean Ward, 20, of Alexandria, created TRM. Created a method to create and test an MP3 Digital Signature for song ID Name games will not longer work Copy protected songs will simply not be posted to the main Napster index This may actually save Napster and enable a new method for song distribution. Tech Talk favors this approach Wireless Security Standards in Turmoil 802.11b security standard WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy Standard) is vulnerable Reported by SANS Vendors do not agree on same encryption method. Technology may not be ready for prime time Other Microsoft News Windows XP to be released October 29 of this year. Part of .NET initiative Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 5.0 NetBios, LAN Manager Compromised by Hacker Tools released by Sir Dystic of Cult of the Dead Cow Exploits backward compatibility of Server Message Blocks used by Netbios, which do not encrypt passwords Stratford News Visited Franklin Middle School Talked to English Class of Mrs. Siemen about Careers Very attentive group of students Dr. Fred Ricci started as Dean of the Graduate Program at Stratford University Dr. Ricci was Dean of EE, Virginia Tech, in Northern Virgina for 12 years Most recently he was with WinStar He is managing the Masters Programs that Stratford will be starting in September, pending approval by SCHEV He is also putting together corporate training efforts in the area of Wireless Telecommunications. We have classes starting on May 29th

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